6.30pm Police called to the oval by paramedics reporting an 11-year-old boy with "horrific and brutal" head injuries. Unconfirmed reports that a cricket bat was used in the bashing. Paramedics work to save the boy, but pronounce him dead at the scene.

7pm Police confronted by Luke Batty's father, wielding a knife. Attempts to subdue the 54-year-old Chelsea Heights man using capsicum foam fail. A "single, [ultimately] fatal shot" is fired, hitting the man in the chest. The man is airlifted to The Alfred hospital in critical condition.